DIFFERENTIAL

CALCULUS
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION 1
CALCULUS
• Differential Calculus is a branch of calculus that studies the rate at which
quantities change.
• Developed by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in the late 17th century.

DIFFERENTIAL – means “change”.

DERIVATIVE- means “rate of change” of one variable with respect to other.

GENERAL FORMULA
ALGEBRAIC FUNCTIONS
EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION

LOGARITHMIC FUNCTION
TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTION
INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTION
HYPERBOLIC FUNCTION
1. Differentiate Ans. d

a.

b.

c.

d.
1. Differentiate Ans. d

a.

b.

c.

d.
2. Differentiate Ans. d

a.

b.

c.

d.
3. Differentiate Ans. c

a.

b.

c.

d.
4. Differentiate Ans. c

a.

b.

c.

d.
5. Find the second derivative of y with respect to the
function

a. Ans. c

b.

c.

d.
5. Find the second derivative of y with respect to the
function

a. Ans. c

b.

c.

d.
6. Find the second derivative of y with respect to the
function

a. Ans. b

b.

c.

d.
7. Find the partial derivative of y
with respect to x.

a. Ans. d

b.

c.

d.
Types of Indeterminate Form

L’ Hopital’s Rule
8. Evaluate Ans. c

a.

b.

c.

d.
9. Evaluate Ans. d

a.

b.

c.

d.
10. Evaluate Ans. b

a.

b.

c.

d.
11. Evaluate tanx Ans. d

a.

b.

c.

d.
MINIMA AND MAXIMA
MAXIMA

POINT OF
INFLECTION

MINIMA
12. Find the maximum value of y given: x3- 9x2+ 15x- 3
a. (1, 12)
b. (1, 4)
c. (3, 2)
d. (2, -4)

Ans. b
12. Find the maximum value of y given: x3- 9x2+ 15x- 3
a. (1, 12)
b. (1, 4)
c. (3, 2)
d. (2, -4)

Ans. b
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13. Find the maximum value of y given: y= x+ 𝒙
a. (-1, -2)
b. (-1, 4)
c. (3, -2)
d. (2, -4)
Ans. a
14. Find the point of inflection of the curve
y= x3- 6x2 + 12
a. (10, 12)
b. (0, 15)
c. (3, 2)
d. (2, -4)
Ans. d